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TIL since Uber came to Austin, there has been a 23% decrease in DWI related crashes

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OoLY TIL that the English football league system has 24 levels made of 140 leagues and 480 divisions, comprising around 7,000 individual clubs (or teams). Theoretically a level 24 team can be promoted all the way to the Premier League.
NldJ TIL I learned RAS syndrome (Redudant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome) is the common unnecessary repetition of words following an acronym.
mxxYo TIL French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt, the illegitimate child of a prostitute, aspired to be a nun, and while in a convent, she was accused of sacrilege for arranging a Christian burial for her pet lizard.
6EOKJ TIL that Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Antarctica and New Zealand are the only countries in the world with no native or wild snake populations.
W7yRN TIL they used to give out cigars for carnival prizes, hence the term "close, but no cigar" when you would lose.